BIB_ID
361324
Accession number
MA 1029.52
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Display Date
1793 January 26.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1925.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter Martha. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see main record for MA 1029 for details.
To "my dear Martha."
Part of a large collection of letters from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter Martha. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see main record for MA 1029 for details.
To "my dear Martha."
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Watermark: Edmeads & Pine.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from Fanny Burke, 1925.
Summary
Thanking her for all the details of her daughter Anne's recovery; explaining that he has "been under an agitation of mind which [he] scarcely ever experienced before, produced by a check on [his] purpose of returning home at the close of this session of Congress"; telling her that he "may be detained [in Philadelphia] into the summer"; mentioning his project of building a canal, and indicating that he will write to Mr. Randolph with details about the work if he has to defer his departure.
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